Perhaps, according to this in Variety: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is in talks to direct Warner Bros. drama "The 28th Amendment," which has emerged as a strong contender to be one of Tom Cruise's next star vehicles.
The German helmer hasn't directed a film since his 2006 pic "The Lives of Others" won the foreign-language film Oscar, and he recently signed with UTA to move into Hollywood films.
According to sources, the filmmaker is in talks with the studio to make the movie with Cruise. "Star Trek" scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the duo that originated the project as a spec in 1999, are rewriting the script.
The drama revolves around a U.S. president who discovers the existence of a secret cabal that runs the government and wants him dead.
Basil Iwanyk and Richard Donner are producers.
Cruise had been mentioned as being keen on the movie last year, possibly to pair with Denzel Washington, but chatter on the film died down.
Cruise came off "Valkyrie" with an aggressive mission to find new projects -- he is currently considering five different pictures for two potential 2009 slots -- but "28th Amendment" recently emerged as a strong candidate, its chances helped by the highly regarded von Donnersmarck.
Among the other projects Cruise is considering is MGM's "The Matarese Circle," the Michael Brandt and Derek Haas-scripted adaptation of the Robert Ludlum thriller that is being rewritten by David Cronenberg for a potential teaming of Cruise and Washington.
The German helmer hasn't directed a film since his 2006 pic "The Lives of Others" won the foreign-language film Oscar, and he recently signed with UTA to move into Hollywood films.
According to sources, the filmmaker is in talks with the studio to make the movie with Cruise. "Star Trek" scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the duo that originated the project as a spec in 1999, are rewriting the script.
The drama revolves around a U.S. president who discovers the existence of a secret cabal that runs the government and wants him dead.
Basil Iwanyk and Richard Donner are producers.
Cruise had been mentioned as being keen on the movie last year, possibly to pair with Denzel Washington, but chatter on the film died down.
Cruise came off "Valkyrie" with an aggressive mission to find new projects -- he is currently considering five different pictures for two potential 2009 slots -- but "28th Amendment" recently emerged as a strong candidate, its chances helped by the highly regarded von Donnersmarck.
Among the other projects Cruise is considering is MGM's "The Matarese Circle," the Michael Brandt and Derek Haas-scripted adaptation of the Robert Ludlum thriller that is being rewritten by David Cronenberg for a potential teaming of Cruise and Washington.
-I think this is an awesome concept (also potentially another fictional twist on the Kennedy assassination) and Tom Cruise came off very convincingly as a politician, so this definitely could work...any thoughts on the project?
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The Lives of Others was one of my favorite films of the last decade. Count me in.
ReplyDeletei think he'd be a kickass prez
ReplyDeletethe director is what has me interested more than Tom
ReplyDeletethis could be a very good pairing...time will tell
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